I used to do stuff like that when I was a kid, connecting mud puddles it was always fun watching water flow/run. I still do it but with a shovel or my boot heel
I love your videos of the swampy mess and the pain dredging they are so informative plus I like to see what kinda predicament you get into and how you get out
Nice video on draining the swamp. Sometimes I get guys who don't know what they're talking about trying to bag on me if I get stuck in saturated red clay, kind of like the spot you had to assist your machine out! Great video thanks man, and thanks for the tip on making small piles along a ditch, learned something new again :-)
I've never had the opportunity to run any equipment like yours, but sure enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing them. Hope there will be a follow up to this one.
I had a job with the same problem it turned out there was two springs on top of the hill we made a pond and had to dig a swell for the pond to drain it was a mess for a while but now it's a good place to fish
The videos are so mesmerizing. I cant quit watchin them. It's rather relaxing to me. The hydraulic sounds and with ya explaining and narrating as you go puts me in a tranquil state. Like I could crash watchin it but at the same time,, ya cant. Cuz ya wanna see the outcome of it all. Pretty dam cool.. lol. Great vid man. Thumbs up to ya. Keep makin more cuz I just scribed yur channel.. thx, Rob...
@KenDroid66 WTF does that have to do with anything? FYI..it's not that they want open borders. They want to control the border using smarter methods than just a damn wall! Until EVERYONE is willing to put boots on the ground (walls without guards are useless. Ask Israel or any prison warden how well they work without guards) walls are nothing but a dog-n-pony show. What I'd like to see is to put several thousand ETS'ed Army 11B's to work. It'll create jobs and give a guy something to do when he gets out of the Army (or Marines. I was in the Army. I have no idea what the Marines MOS for infantry is) with a pretty much useless skill. Yes. I'm liberal Army Vet with a gun case full of firearms and a few large bore (a .45 and one .50 cal) airguns as well. What you THINK you know about liberals is wrong...well, except for maybe the group in California. I want clean air, clean water, clean soil, clean food supply...CLEAN is the operative word. Something conservatives fight CONSTANTLY against. Edit: If it were up to me I'd make mandatory military service a requirement of EVERY American. No DD-214, no voting or gun rights for people claim they deserve them simply for being here (legally). 2 years as an 11b (which could be served guarding our border) should do the trick.
Chris , your videos are great . Colorado digging is different we do basements and everything has to be deep cause of frost . Keep up with good videos . Neil Strong Golden Colorado
That low spot is where they had the hog pens a long time ago; err, maybe. Would be nice to go back in time to an old farm like that and see what happened to cause that or if it was already there.
@@phillipzx3754 Indeed . . . can't have a scrawny-bony-backside, when you carry around a Y U G E set of steel-balls everyday! {{wink}} #BallsOfSteelTRUMP #Trump4EVA
I live here in the North Carolina and in my county since sunday weve gotten 6 inches and today is wednesday. Im selling my car and truck and buying a nice john boat
Yup it will work....water flows down hill. .....So as long as your trench is lower, all the way to the end ...... lower than the lowest water depth it will drain out. ...... but never forget the trench must never along it's length be higher than the very bottom of the waters depth, or you you will just be creating a canal to the spot that that is the same level of the lowest part you dug when they become equalized in depth. (sorry I tend to get long winded.) lol@me
Wait!!!!! Stop the project!!!! Its a “Vernal Pool” Lol Good job👍🏼 Here In California we’d get shut down on a project like that....even if it was man made or by default farming practices. If there was any standing water around anymore even in the delta....cuz they are drying up our state to take even more control.
The berm is from the piles and stumps pushed to the side when the land was cleared. We have it here too. Over enough decades it spreads and drops some but it’s still there.
In the UK in the middle ages they dug depressions into the chalk on top of hills, then lined them with clay to provide a water reservoir for the plants and the cattle. I hope that will not now become the start of a dust bowl. Is that clay showing through at time 4.05?
this is how the heck I feel about my clay soil swamp in my back yard. been collecting neighborhoods of leaves to put down trying to be frugal and resourceful to dry it up. Fires in California, river rain on the east coast.
We have the same thing happening here in the southern part of AZ and if we get a lot of rain our washes run like heck. The ground can only soak up a certain amount and then you have a flood. You get so much more rain there and our monsoons are non existent for the last 2 to 3 years and we need rain so bad so can you figure out how to send your over abundance of rain? LOL just kidding. Guess I can find someone to do a rain dance.
letsdig18 that’s what the humidity has been here in the mornings till about noon then it drops a few degrees. Yours has to be worse cause we haven’t had the rain that you have
As am I. My days and thoughts are consumed with where our country is going. I have sons and grandsons. They deserve the same country that I was born into. The facts have to be taken to the people. Higher education has to be accountable for the garbage they are selling to college students. There is a re-set coming. We have to be sure it resets the right way.
I thought it was interesting to hear that you said all the dirt beneath what you shoveled up was dry. That impervious layer of clay will never let that absorb into the ground so you have to do this.
When I was a little boy I loved to watch heavy equipment did trenches and holes, I’m 59 years old and still love this stuff! If you don’t like heavy equipment doing real work than you’re just not a real man.
Hey man, love your vids.. Hilarious. I got caught up watching some your grader vids from years ago. I've only been a sub for a couple of months so I got plenty to catch up on. I got a question though… on a motor grader. What is the reason for the front wheels to tilt to one side or other? Forgive me if I sound like i sound like a rookie, I guess thats cuz I am. Thanks man. Down here in louisiana.
Just be careful, in some states you have to have a permit to drain or alter an established “wetland”. The land owner may have had one but I didn’t hear you mention it. My area is very strict about this stuff.
Finally! a man that KNOWS how to run a trackhoe! great to see someone that can talk and WORK at the same time! great job, sir.
All your veidos are always informative and funny to watch thanks for all the good content
I used to do stuff like that when I was a kid, connecting mud puddles it was always fun watching water flow/run. I still do it but with a shovel or my boot heel
Best man with a trackhoe I ever saw.
I love your videos of the swampy mess and the pain dredging they are so informative plus I like to see what kinda predicament you get into and how you get out
Was it just me or does this seem like every little boys dream.
Yeah, Id rather spend my money on an excavator than some sports car. Way more fun to move dirt.
Honestly I'm 19 and I would happily quit college and do this shit for a living
I've done that and still drive trucks.Both were child hood dreams.I enjoy it.Seems boring but it's not.
@@fender10g these men are on more then college jobs an there college only lasts anywhere from 3days to 3months for an international operators license!
Why is the video so satisfying. Good job man!
That Volvo is running like a dream it seems! ...:)
*Shrek wants to know your location*
Nice video on draining the swamp. Sometimes I get guys who don't know what they're talking about trying to bag on me if I get stuck in saturated red clay, kind of like the spot you had to assist your machine out! Great video thanks man, and thanks for the tip on making small piles along a ditch, learned something new again :-)
Great video! I love the perspective.
FINALLY someone’s draining the swamp!!!
He has equipment and people he can trust ...
Never disappoint. Pleasure to watch
I've never had the opportunity to run any equipment like yours, but sure enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing them. Hope there will be a follow up to this one.
that boy goot !
I had a job with the same problem it turned out there was two springs on top of the hill we made a pond and had to dig a swell for the pond to drain it was a mess for a while but now it's a good place to fish
What our ancestors could of accomplished with therse machines let alone the water born disease deaths prevented. Love the videos.
Chris you are just like a little kid, playing in the creek, except you have a lot bigger shovel.
Those Volvo Excavators sure have a smooth bucket operation.
The videos are so mesmerizing. I cant quit watchin them. It's rather relaxing to me. The hydraulic sounds and with ya explaining and narrating as you go puts me in a tranquil state. Like I could crash watchin it but at the same time,, ya cant. Cuz ya wanna see the outcome of it all. Pretty dam cool.. lol. Great vid man. Thumbs up to ya. Keep makin more cuz I just scribed yur channel.. thx, Rob...
Looks like a pond project in the future. Ha !!! Laughed at the title of the video. Clever.
Your one helleva trackhoe operator!!
honestly, your commentary is the best "they didn't believe me when i said there was a swamp on a hill"
This guy knows how to use that equipment . Great job!
16:37. " See how wet this is, it's like liquid. " LMAO. Nice skills, smooth and steady.
Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day
Good idea on draining that swamp before EPA declares it a wet land and tells you that you can’t touch it.
You will have to restore that wet land highly illegal what your doing you fines will be enormous
@KenDroid66 Ya. Odd how liberals want to conserve and the conservatives want to pillage.
@KenDroid66
WTF does that have to do with anything?
FYI..it's not that they want open borders. They want to control the border using smarter methods than just a damn wall! Until EVERYONE is willing to put boots on the ground (walls without guards are useless. Ask Israel or any prison warden how well they work without guards) walls are nothing but a dog-n-pony show.
What I'd like to see is to put several thousand ETS'ed Army 11B's to work. It'll create jobs and give a guy something to do when he gets out of the Army (or Marines. I was in the Army. I have no idea what the Marines MOS for infantry is) with a pretty much useless skill.
Yes. I'm liberal Army Vet with a gun case full of firearms and a few large bore (a .45 and one .50 cal) airguns as well. What you THINK you know about liberals is wrong...well, except for maybe the group in California.
I want clean air, clean water, clean soil, clean food supply...CLEAN is the operative word. Something conservatives fight CONSTANTLY against.
Edit: If it were up to me I'd make mandatory military service a requirement of EVERY American. No DD-214, no voting or gun rights for people claim they deserve them simply for being here (legally). 2 years as an 11b (which could be served guarding our border) should do the trick.
@J.R. Spingly ..........Really? Where?
Stfu Douchbag
I can’t get over how much water is there, it looks like river!
Not a wasted movement. And he's a pro with the foot pedals too. I love watching it done so well. Cool videos.
What an awesome career! So cool
Good job! Thanks for the video.
Chris , your videos are great . Colorado digging is different we do basements and everything has to be deep cause of frost . Keep up with good videos . Neil Strong Golden Colorado
Cameron's like 'I wonder what happens if I cross his line?'
Swamp On The Hill sounds like a great folk song.
That was fun to watch. Thanks man
That low spot is where they had the hog pens a long time ago; err, maybe. Would be nice to go back in time to an old farm like that and see what happened to cause that or if it was already there.
That looks like so much fun. :)
This looks insanely relaxing. Just digging a ditch with an excavator (or whatever it is).
That is a mess for sure, Would be a great place for a nice stock pond, especially if it is spring fed...
Can you dig a much wider trench from the US Capital building to the Potomac river??? 😆
Now that was funny, good one
Trump's ass is too wide to fit regardless of the width.
kclm7 .. why pollute the river
👍👍👍👍
@@phillipzx3754 Indeed . . . can't have a scrawny-bony-backside, when you carry around a Y U G E set of steel-balls everyday! {{wink}}
#BallsOfSteelTRUMP #Trump4EVA
thank for taking us along we like your machine bob ross from lonely corners
Interesting. Please keep us posted on how this works.
Watching this is oddly satisfying.
Wow, what a mess. Well done.
that's so cool great job
Same problem in DC. A Swamp on top of the Hill. They need you in Washington to help drain the Swamp!
I live here in the North Carolina and in my county since sunday weve gotten 6 inches and today is wednesday. Im selling my car and truck and buying a nice john boat
spence spencer poo
spence spencer i
You're one hell of a operator.
Relaxing job :)
Fine job Mr. G. you are a Michael Angelo with the excavator, great work & video!
I saw Maxine , Schumer, and Ryan
Adele Waldron shiffty shit was there too
Swamp on a hill has nothing on Perhaps the most perplexing ‘Chrisism statement ever:
“Look, the ground is dry under all this (water) somehow ....”
😂😂😂
Unlike some other people, when Chris says he's gonna drain the swamp, he does. In about 18 minutes to boot.
hell yeah!
To be fair, this method of drainig is a lot easier than other ones ;-)
Trump 2020!
How many people you think fit in a bucket? 3?
The Metal Butcher the DC swamp is the hardest swamp to drain
Great finesse
Jesus, it's a good thing you are a good listener!!
Yup it will work....water flows down hill. .....So as long as your trench is lower, all the way to the end ...... lower than the lowest water depth it will drain out. ...... but never forget the trench must never along it's length be higher than the very bottom of the waters depth, or you you will just be creating a canal to the spot that that is the same level of the lowest part you dug when they become equalized in depth. (sorry I tend to get long winded.) lol@me
All that talk about draining the swamp; this guy literally got that job done. Good job!
Looks like you have a natural spring there on top of the hill.
Now it looks like Venice :)
WOW, Chris, That was a craptastic mess
Can you upload some after videos, that show what it looks like a month or so after?
Wait!!!!! Stop the project!!!!
Its a “Vernal Pool”
Lol Good job👍🏼 Here In California we’d get shut down on a project like that....even if it was man made or by default farming practices. If there was any standing water around anymore even in the delta....cuz they are drying up our state to take even more control.
Great state to live in NOT!
Draining the Swamp! 😬 👍
fell like i should head out thru there with the log trucks thats dryer than my haul rds & landings lol !
good work, good man!
Just make another lake! 🤣🤣 🐠
You need to take your backhoe to Washington DC, and drain that swamp! I wish it was this easy.
The berm is from the piles and stumps pushed to the side when the land was cleared. We have it here too. Over enough decades it spreads and drops some but it’s still there.
No one will believe u got bogged on top of a hill. lol👍 😁👍
In the UK in the middle ages they dug depressions into the chalk on top of hills, then lined them with clay to provide a water reservoir for the plants and the cattle. I hope that will not now become the start of a dust bowl. Is that clay showing through at time 4.05?
Nobody can operate like him he really lnows how to handle that machine. My gramd son love to watch this video and me .
Love this title
President Trump brought me here, but I like the video and watched a bunch of your vids👍
Looks like a mud bog heaven to me
this is how the heck I feel about my clay soil swamp in my back yard. been collecting neighborhoods of leaves to put down trying to be frugal and resourceful to dry it up. Fires in California, river rain on the east coast.
you are an artiste!
Shrek's gonna be pissed.
A drone would be helpful to see what is happening after you dig the drains.
I want one of those!
You need to work around sinking Creek Ky, quicksand on hills.
51 truck loads, 33 tons loads of rip rap to fill a ten by ten foot hole.
We have the same thing happening here in the southern part of AZ and if we get a lot of rain our washes run like heck. The ground can only soak up a certain amount and then you have a flood. You get so much more rain there and our monsoons are non existent for the last 2 to 3 years and we need rain so bad so can you figure out how to send your over abundance of rain? LOL just kidding. Guess I can find someone to do a rain dance.
Instead of a shining city on a hill, you found the swamp. It was the obvious choice to drain it.
I'll send you some near triple digit temps from TX to help! 👌👌
ill send you some humidity I think it was 95% today it was miserable
letsdig18 that’s what the humidity has been here in the mornings till about noon then it drops a few degrees. Yours has to be worse cause we haven’t had the rain that you have
You can gladly take 50° of the 110° we've been having here in Az
John Pike I’m actually going to Arizona next week and not looking forward to the heat! Lol
Elite Earthworks LLC just remember while your here, you get to leave but we are stuck with it till October. 😊
take a drink every time he says swamp on top of the hill.... I passed out after 8 min LOL
hey that looks like my jobs only a little dryer lol !!!
In Minnesota you likely would need about a dozen permits to drain a swamp and have to dig a pond to make up for the water loss.
Screw permits to do things on your own land!
korbel dave you don't own the land, just rent it.
@@arlynsmith9196 the problem is you doing something to your "own" land could adversely affect someone else land by changing water flow etc
perfect rice paddy
That’s “a” swamp, but it’s not “the” swamp. We all know where that swamp is and it’s getting murkier and filthier by the day.
The real swamp is in DC
Yep -
That’s “The” Swamp that I am talking about. We are in deep crap as a country.
@@macsloan58 I'm not going anywhere. I refuse to sit back and be silent. The goal is to FIGHT LIKE HELL! The goal is to KEEP AMERICA GREAT!
As am I. My days and thoughts are consumed with where our country is going. I have sons and grandsons. They deserve the same country that I was born into. The facts have to be taken to the people. Higher education has to be accountable for the garbage they are selling to college students. There is a re-set coming. We have to be sure it resets the right way.
Wasnt it president dumber’ s thing to drain the dc swamp? Wasn’t that his thing? I wonder if his supporters are proud of the nothing he accomplished.
Great title!!!
I thought it was interesting to hear that you said all the dirt beneath what you shoveled up was dry. That impervious layer of clay will never let that absorb into the ground so you have to do this.
You have cool toys..
looks like a good place for a duck shooting pond
When I was a little boy I loved to watch heavy equipment did trenches and holes, I’m 59 years old and still love this stuff! If you don’t like heavy equipment doing real work than you’re just not a real man.
My grandfather sank a crane up in Alaska in the 40s, the boom is still sticking out of the muskeg.
very good op
That looks like a spring on top of your hill... doesn't take a big one if it's got a low spot on top. I bet it's been there for years.
Hey man, love your vids.. Hilarious. I got caught up watching some your grader vids from years ago. I've only been a sub for a couple of months so I got plenty to catch up on. I got a question though… on a motor grader. What is the reason for the front wheels to tilt to one side or other? Forgive me if I sound like i sound like a rookie, I guess thats cuz I am. Thanks man. Down here in louisiana.
if you are on a hillside you and lean them to help with traction or to help keep yourself angled from sliding down the hill
It's like reclaming your productive land. Purpose, grow crops feed the hungry.
Careful doing that... The EPA may have declared that as a navigable waterway.
It doesn't have to be navigable anymore. Just wetlands
Wow that area has been like that for quite some time keep use posted on this
Chris is this the same land you got your truck struck ? you are a trip and a good operator I enjoy your videos keep them coming
sure is
Just be careful, in some states you have to have a permit to drain or alter an established “wetland”. The land owner may have had one but I didn’t hear you mention it. My area is very strict about this stuff.